415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron

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415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron
415e Escadron de développement de la force de patrouille à long rayon d'action
Second World War
Battle honours
  • Atlantic, 1942
  • English Channel and North Sea, 1942–44
  • France and Germany, 1944–45
  • Biscay Ports, 1944
  • Ruhr, 1944–45
  • German Ports, 1944–45
  • Normandy 1944
  • Rhine
  • Biscay, 1942–43[1]
  • Arabian Sea[2]
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Patrol
Lockheed CP-140 Aurora
ReconnaissanceCanadair CP-107 Argus

415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron is an air squadron of the

Second World War
.

History

No. 415 Squadron was formed at Thorney Island on 20 August 1941 as a torpedo-bomber squadron, armed with Hampdens. It flew from a number of different bases, attacking enemy convoys and shipyards.

In March 1943 Acting Wing Commander George Howard David Evans, RAF, was appointed as Commanding Officer.

flak and was forced to turn back to Bordeaux. The squadron received the following signal: "From AOC 19 Group A/479 11 Apr. Please convey to W/Cdr Evans and those concerned my hearty congratulations on the great determination shown by himself, F/O Brenner, P/O Batten and F/Sgts Clive and McGee, in pressing home their important attack on the enemy blockade runner on 10 Apr in the face of the heaviest opposition." On 20 April 1943 Wing Commander Evans was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his previous service with 489 (RNZAF) Squadron. He handed over command of 415 Squadron on 1 August 1943 and was made a member of the Distinguished Service Order
on 1 October 1943 for his leadership of the squadron.

In October 1943 the squadron was re-equipped with

R-boat hunter unit. During the D-Day
operations, it used its bombers to lay protective smoke screens for the Allied ships as they assaulted the coastline and landed troops ashore.

In July 1944, the squadron was transferred to

No. 6 Group (RCAF) and transitioned to East Moor. There, it re-equipped with Halifax IIIs and began major bombing of German targets on 28/29 July, when it attacked Hamburg. For nine months afterward, it made bombing runs over important enemy targets in a variety of places until 25 April 1945, when it made its last mission, an attack on the gun batteries on the island of Wangerooge
. The squadron disbanded in May, 1945.

The squadron was re-formed at

405 Squadron
.

On 5 June 2015, 415 Squadron was reformed as a tactical level force development squadron. 415 Squadron will incorporate the former Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit, 14 Software Engineering Squadron and the LRP Advanced Training Flight. The re-activiation parade took place in front of the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, installing the squadron's 30th commanding officer.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-4/2561-eng.asp DND Directorate of History and Heritage
  2. ^ Canadian Department of National Defence - Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition - 2016, pg 46.
  3. ^ Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book GHD Evans
  4. ^ "Home". 415 Squadron.
  • Canadian Department of National Defence - Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition - 2016. Accessed 14 March 2019.

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